ALBANY—Bill de Blasio is endorsing State Senators Jeff Klein and Tony Avella for re-election.

"Throughout this past session, Sen. Jeff Klein and Sen. Tony Avella worked tirelessly on behalf of the residents of New York City and helped make progress on issues that had been stalled for far too long,” de Blasio said in a statement Tuesday.

"As part of a united Democratic majority in the State Senate, I look forward to working with Sen. Klein and Sen. Avella as we work to implement a progressive agenda, including increasing the minimum wage, expanding affordable housing, ensuring women’s equality, passing the DREAM Act and much more,” de Blasio's statement said.

Klein said he was honored to receive de Blasio’s endorsement.

"We both agree that there's still more work to be done including, passing the DREAM Act, protecting a woman's right to choose and enacting real, meaningful campaign finance reform,” he said.